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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	CameroonReviewed	GrenadaReviewed	JapanReviewed
Legal family	Mixed (civil law and common law)	Common law	Civil law with common-law influence
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Constitutional monarchy	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon	The Grenada Constitution	Constitution of Japan
In force since	1972	1973	1947
Capital	Yaoundé	Saint George's	Tokyo
Official languages	French, English	English	Japanese
Currency	Central African CFA franc (XAF)	East Caribbean dollar (XCD)	Japanese Yen (JPY)
Population	28,600,000	126,000	123,500,000
Division of powers	A strongly presidential system with a bicameral Parliament of National Assembly and Senate, and a judiciary in which the Supreme Court sits above separate common-law and civil-law appellate structures.	Unitary. The state comprises Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique; Carriacou and Petite Martinique have a Ministry and local administration but no separate legislature.	Parliamentary government with the Cabinet collectively responsible to the Diet, and a Supreme Court holding the final power of constitutional review.
How law is made	Bills pass committee and plenary in the National Assembly and are transmitted to the Senate; disagreement is resolved by a joint commission or a second Assembly vote. The President promulgates or may seek constitutional review.	Bills pass three readings in both Houses and receive the Governor-General's assent. Constitutional amendments to entrenched provisions need a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives and then approval by a referendum, a double lock that has defeated every reform package put to voters.	Most bills are Cabinet-sponsored, drafted by ministries and reviewed by the Cabinet Legislation Bureau, then passed by both houses; the lower house can override the upper by a two-thirds majority.
Legal profession	A single bar for both legal zones: advocates admitted to the Cameroon Bar Association may practise in common-law and civil-law courts alike, which makes bilingual competence a practical necessity.	A fused profession of legal practitioners admitted by the High Court under the Legal Profession Act, after a law degree and the Legal Education Certificate. The Grenada Bar Association represents practitioners.	Candidates pass the national bar examination, then complete a year at the Legal Training and Research Institute before qualifying as bengoshi, judge or prosecutor.

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